Patti appeared on BBC Radio Leicester today to talk about her upcoming show at the O2 Academy tomorrow. You can listen to the interview here:
Patti is playing in Leicester on Wednesday, 23 April (more information and tickets) and at the O2 Academy Islington in London on Sunday, 27 April (tickets). These are the only two remaining dates on her 2014 tour so don’t miss out!
Smashing show last night at the O2 Academy Oxford. Once again a dedicated crowd gathered to see Patti, with some fans even flying in from all over Europe for the gig. Here are some photos from Oxford:
You’ve still got a chance to see Patti on this tour so don’t miss out. Upcoming shows and tickets:
Brighton, 21 April 2014 @ Komedia
Leicester, 23 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
London, 27 April 2014 @ O2 Academy Islington
Brighton news website The Argus has published a great article about Patti and her current UK tour.
Former Meat Loaf collaborator Patti Russo on turning 50 and going it alone
Friday 18th April 2014
By Dominic Smith
Patti Russo’s blue-collar roar has been kept in check ahead of her first solo tour of the UK. But the Italian-American New Yorker can keep a lid on it only so long.
The former yin to Meat Loaf’s yang – a husky-voiced brunette who made 1980s teenagers dream of being the Bat Out Of Hell so they could duet with her on raunchy Paradise By The Dashboard Light – is not out for blood or blame.
She does, however, reveal it was a spat with her former boss which prompted her to take on a solo career aged 50.
Here are some great photos from Patti’s gig at the O2 Academy in Sheffield on Thursday, courtesy of Kevin Wells / Life Is Better Still
Patti was joined on stage by special guest John Parr.
The tour is still going strong so don’t miss out. Upcoming dates and tickets:
Oxford, 19 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
Brighton, 21 April 2014 @ Komedia
Leicester, 23 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
London, 27 April 2014 @ O2 Academy Islington
Patti Russo kicked off her UK tour at The Brook in Southampton on Thursday with a set featuring her own songs, including Bible and a Beer and Here We Are, some of the greatest Queen and Meat Loaf hits as well as soul classics by the Supremes, Tina Turner and many more.
Image courtesy of contactmusic.com – view the full set here.
Here are some videos from the night shared by Patti’s fans.
Here We Are
Dead Ringer for Love – featuring a first rate Cher impression ; )
River Deep, Mountain High – watch
I’d Lie for You (and That’s the Truth) – watch
One Door Opens – watch
Vision of You – watch
I Don’t Give a Damn – watch
In the Tomatoes – watch
Thanks to Nikola for taking / sharing the videos.
There’s still time to get tickets for the rest of the tour:
Birmingham 13 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
Sheffield, 17 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
Oxford, 19 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
Brighton, 21 April 2014 @ Komedia
Leicester, 23 April 2014 @ O2 Academy
London, 27 April 2014 @ O2 Academy Islington
A day after her tour kick-off in Southampton, Patti was back on air today doing an hour-long interview with BBC Radio Leeds. Here, she talks about growing up in New Jersey in an Italian family, an early experience on stage with her high school choir, performing dressed up as Princess Jasmin while waiting for the call from the Meat Loaf audition and working as a wedding singer at the beginning of her career. Patti also chose some of the music played on the programme, including songs by Queen, Annie Lennox and Bruce Springsteen.
Patti will be featured in the upcoming issue of UK rock music magazine Fireworks for May/June 2014.
Fireworks is available from the Rocktopia online shop or from selected stores and newsagents. They have a store locator here, if you’re looking to buy a copy.
When it comes to guest vocals, Patti Russo has been a Queen favourite for years, singing with the legendary band at various occasions around the world. Ahead of her solo UK tour – which kicks off this Thursday, 10 April, at The Brook in Southampton and will feature Queen’s very own Spike Edney on keyboards - QueenOnline has published an exclusive interview with Patti about her gigs and plans for the future.
9th April 2014
Exclusive: QueenOnline Interview with Patti Russo
(Please note: Contains lots of energy!)
QOL: Hello Patti. QueenOnline.com calling. Lets get to it, what is your connection to the Queen Family?
PR: Divine Intervention! Ha! I’ve been a huge fan for ages. I’d even warm up to their music before every Meat Loaf gig. Met Brian one night at Wembley Arena, when he got up to play with the band. From that moment of meeting Brian, it really has been a kind of magic! I mean shortly thereafter while I was still in London, Brian phoned me up to see if I’d be interested in auditioning for Roger for a musical that they were about to embark on called We Will Rock You!
It was very exciting to be a part of a musical from the baby years and even more exciting that I was able to play Killer Queen in Las Vegas. The rest is, as I said…a kind of magic!
After talking on Radio Derby on Friday, Patti today appeared on more BBC radio stations to chat about her upcoming tour and her career so far. Listen to the interviews below for more details about what we can expect for her UK gigs in April, how Patti came to work with Meat Loaf, her experience touring the world for the past two decades and starring in two major musicals, and how she became a guest vocalist for Queen and a backup singer for her childhood idol, Cher.
BBC Radio Northampton, 31 March 2014
The song Bring Me a Bible and a Beer will be available on Patti Russo’s upcoming EP. Check back for more information.
Patti appeared on BBC Radio Derby today, talking to Andy Potter about her career, working with Meat Loaf, Queen and Cher and her upcoming solo gigs in the UK. The programme also hosted Patti’s on-air debut as a solo artist, playing her own song Where Were You for the first time on the radio.
You can now listen to the interview here (online for the next seven days). Or, if you live outside the UK, you can listen below.
Part 1: Patti talks about working with Meat Loaf, Cher and Queen and the early days of her career
Part 2: Patti talks about her role in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris, her upcoming tour and why she’s happiest singing live on stage
Patti Russo is going on tour in the UK in April, playing Birmingham, Sheffield, Oxford, Brighton, Leicester and London. Check here for tour dates and tickets.
